email print share on Facebook share on Twitter share on LinkedIn share on reddit pin on Pinterest

Turkey

(The article continues below - Commercial information)

272 articles available in total starting from 24/02/2003. Last article published on 16/09/2026.

Yesim Ustaoğlu • Director of What Remains

Interview: Yesim Ustaoğlu • Director of What Remains

"The main character strives for a kind of purity that allows her to be herself and to fear nothing"

The Turkish filmmaker sheds light on her new movie, centred on a woman who takes to the road to try to find herself  

16/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Review: Guria

Review: Guria

VENICE 2026: Levan Koguashvili stops at nothing to deliver humour – and hazelnuts – in this film showing a world that’s still catching up  

14/09 | Venice 2026 | Venezia Spotlight

Review: A Bit of Light

Review: A Bit of Light

VENICE 2026: The latest feature by Iranian helmer Ali Asgari is an attempt at an existential drama questioning the meaning of life amid the reality of ongoing suffering  

11/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Ali Asgari • Director of A Bit of Light

Interview: Ali Asgari • Director of A Bit of Light

“Making films is a way of fighting against a system that is trying to control you”

VENICE 2026: The rising Iranian director talks about the resilience that helped him complete his first Lido competition entry and continuing his career amidst geopolitical uncertainty  

10/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Juliette Binoche currently shooting Thank You Charlotte

Juliette Binoche currently shooting Thank You Charlotte

Nina Meurisse and Omar Kentar are also starring in Turkish director Berkun Oya’s film, produced by Haut et Court and sold by Playtime  

24/08 | Production | Funding | France/Germany/Greece/Turkey

The eighth 12 Punto platform wraps with its awards ceremony

The eighth 12 Punto platform wraps with its awards ceremony

TRT’s script-development and co-production platform has concluded its latest edition, celebrating a new slate of award-winning projects in Istanbul  

22/07 | 12 Punto 2026 | Awards

Nader Saeivar • Director of Hijamat

Interview: Nader Saeivar • Director of Hijamat

“I wasn’t interested in judging, I wanted to observe how mechanisms continue to shape people’s lives”

The filmmaker discusses his latest film, centred on a traditional Muslim family and community whose world is shaken when they discover that one of their young members is gay  

16/07 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition

Review: Hijamat

Review: Hijamat

Nader Saeivar's new film explores questions of sexual identity and the overbearing influence of religion within Berlin's Turkish community  

09/07 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition

Asghar Farhadi heads the jury of 12 Punto's eighth edition

Asghar Farhadi heads the jury of 12 Punto's eighth edition

The Turkish co-production platform returns with an expanded international programme and the continuation of its special focus on Palestinian cinema  

09/07 | 12 Punto 2026

The eighth edition of TRT's 12 Punto unveils its selection

The eighth edition of TRT's 12 Punto unveils its selection

Turkey's script-development and co-production platform has selected 12 feature-film projects for a week of intensive development, industry networking and international outreach in Istanbul  

08/07 | 12 Punto 2026

(The article continues below - Commercial information)

Privacy Policy